Princess Halloween

Halloween has become one of my favorite holidays. I LOVE the costumes, pumpkins, trick or treating, parties, and especially seeing how excited my girls get about everything. This year they got their birthday presents early. They have been asking for "Elsa" dresses for almost an entire year and their wishes finally came true. They were SO excited to show off their pretty dresses!

Trick or Treating at Fishbowl, Daddy's work, has become a favorite tradition...

Brielle Tooke (one of Emma's best friends)

Emma's dance class…

Bryan and Jennie came over Halloween night with james and Noah to go trick or treating around the neighborhood. Then Grandma and Grandpa Bleak came over for soup and watching Harry Potter. It was good times! James was so dang cute just running to keep up with Emma going from house to house. Such a cutie!

AZ trip- Phoenix Temple Open House and Time with GMA & GPA Close

This is the first time I think we've gone down to Arizona in October but it was so fun! Phoenix was having an open house for a new LDS temple in that area so we invited most of Cade's dads side to go through it with us and see the inside before it's dedicated and only members of the church can go through. It ended up that we went to dinner with a few, but Eric and Tamara (Hughes) Seigfried actually walked through and did the tour with us. It was beautiful and so wonderful to see Tamara and Eric. We love them!

Miss Liberty let Nora try on her cute hat :)

The first day we were there, Tammy and Dale were not so we got lots of one-on-one time with Great Grandma and Grandpa. It was so fun to get lots of talking time with them. We of course had to go to Taco Don's with them too :). It was great.

Grandma and Grandpa Close also took us to Morimer's farm and pumpkin patch. We got to see lots of animals, go on lots of ride, get balloon animals and pick out a couple pumpkins. It was so much fun! The girls had a blast. One of their favorite things was dancing to the country band they had playing! They heard music, saw a dance floor and danced their little hearts out. I love my dancing girls :).

On our way home we got to spend time with some cousins. I got a cute pic of Taft holding Nora, but of course don't have a single picture of new baby Shepherd! Well, I guess he is in the background of this picture :). Emma and Reese talk about Ashur and Taft all the time. They miss them so it was fun to see them for a bit.

Family Pictures 2014

Nora made our family pictures! A friend from high school, Andra, did our family pictures again this year. We did them in her indoor studio and we love how they turned out! I especially love the ones of our beautiful girls together!

Nora 9 Months

LOVE this angel baby of mine. She is so much fun and the more children I have I come to enjoy and live in the moments more. I am soaking up this little girls crawling, laughter, peek-a-boos, and new found growling :).

Her stats are decreasing (which I guess is not surprising). 

Weight: 53%

Height: 62%

Head:

Nora loves following her sisters around and giggles while chasing after them. She loves crawling around the kitchen floor and finding anything on the floor she can put in her mouth. Nora just started getting SUPER wiggly and busy at church. She is all smiles and loves laying her head down when we say "nigh-night". When she doesn't get what she wants, Nora growls at us and it is quite hilarious. It is not her favorite when it's nap time. She goes down well at night and sleeps well through the night, but when it's time for a nap she almost throws herself out of your arms in protest. One of her favorite activities is being pulled on the floor while laying on a blanket. She does that with her sisters anytime a blanket is on the floor. Nora has 7 teeth. She is such a fun baby girl. 

Salt to Saint AND Live Big Ride

Cade and a bunch of Fishbowl buddies rode in Salt to Saint where they ride from Salt Lake City to Saint George in a team relay. He rode around 50-60 miles by himself. The team collectively did 400+ miles. I like to be able to support him in those races, but boy do I pray and pray the entire time he is gone. I'm always happy when my prayers are answered and he comes home safe and sound. It's a great hobby that he finds a lot of joy in doing.

The LIVE BIG ride was in honor of Cade's co-worker Bryan Byrge who passed away earlier this year while riding his bike to work. It was a great event and neat to see so many support the Byrge family.